Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Apple's MacBook Pros Now Come With Faster processors And More Memory

Apple has updated its top of the line MacBook Pro with Retina display lineup with faster chips.

The company updated the 13-inch models and two 15-inch notebooks that have Intel's newest i5 and i7 Haswell processors. The entry-level 13-inch model now comes with a 2.6 Intel Core i5 chip and 8GB of memory instead of the 2.4GHz Core i5 chip, and 4GB of memory Apple was offering yesterday. Apple's also made a change on the entry-level 15-inch model, bumping the memory up to 16GB from 8GB and the processor from 2.0GHz to 2.2GHz.

Prices have re3mained unchanged; the MacBook Pro with Retina display is starting at $1,299 for the 13-inch model and $1,999 for the 15-inch model. In addition, the more expensive 15-inch model has dropped from $2,599 to $2,499.

The new models come a few months ahead of the next major version of Mac OS X Yosemite, which Apple opened up to one million beta testers last week. The new software, set for release this fall, brings a new look, an expanded notification center with widgets, and interplay with iOS devices to let users hand off what they're doing from one device to the other.